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’Metido
I’d’ve stayed in Porto Rico just so’s I didn’t have to freeze my ass off five months out of the year.”
Staying in Puerto Rico for the temperature was like choosing purgatory over heaven
because you had an aversion to white robe...
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rubios,
“sirenas.”
locura.
piragua,
No puede ser,
My breath caught at the sight. And the thing heard me.
My mouth fell open in a shout that couldn’t squeeze past my asthma.
misericordioso
“Hey.” I tried to meet her eyes. “Hey. You all right?”
Sonia nodded and smiled at the ground. “Jake as cake.”
Who? Wtf does that mean?
my tub, stove, and bed were out on the corner with the trash.
my cuatro,
Where was my burn?
“Dale consuelo al tritón, Señor,”
Ven a la isla, milagrito.
Ven conmigo, mi luna.
“No puedo,” I whisper back.
the Hydra’s mismatched heads being obviously stitched onto a salvaged alligator skin steamer trunk.
“Luna Park is the standard-bearer of seaside entertainment,
This man was absolutely full of shit.
he’d also called me a bold spirit.
a damn sight better than being ca...
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“How does fifty cents an hour sound
That was more chavo than even a job in Ornamental would have earned!
“Ich bin zuhause, mein Lieben!
Dinner was burned fish, blackened peas, and charred mashed potatoes.
Vera incinerated every item on the menu whenever it was her turn in the kitchen.
We all cleaned our plates despite Vera’s culinary deficiencies,
You only swallow ashes if you know what it’s like to go hungry.
rompepecho.
“This kid’s sellin’ us a thumper,”
confundido.
“Notice that empty spot at the end of the posters?
Saul Spencer, the Living...
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Living Skeleton???
“You don’t even know if you like me.”
Sonia looped her arm through mine. “Of course we like you!”
“I don’t,” Emmett ...
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“Emmett’s opinion don’t matter on account o’ his oddity being the gigant...
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I’d lost track of all the times I had melted myself down just to recast myself as someone with a slightly better shot at belonging
“But when would I get a turn in the kitchen?” I finished
Emmett stuck his finger at my face. “When you give back my damn socks.”
Saul looked like un hambriento,
not even the comfy bed could keep the merman’s steely glare from haunting me.
plate of tosineta
iguaca.
“Rather nice having someone with a work ethic around here.
